Holder for theater and transportation tickets.



G. HAUSER.

HULDER FOB THEATR AND TRANSPORTATION TICKETS.

(Application led Apr. 23, 1900.)

No. 652,17.v Patented June la, |900.

:5,1% 0,667@ jaL/e wat@ www UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE0 GEORGE IIAUSER,OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR THEATER AND TRANSPORTATION TICKETSB SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 652,107, dated June 19, 1900.

Application iled April 23, l 900.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAUsEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders forrlheater and Transportation Tickets; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to holders for theater and transportationtickets; and 4it has for its object to provide a simple andcomparatively -inexpensive ticket -holder combined with a diagram of theseats of the theater, a program of the entertainment, and advertisements, or to combine with said ticket-holder a time-table of a publiccarrier, advertising` matter, and information relative the route of thepublic carrier; and it consists of the parts and combinations of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a diagrammatic view of the blank from which the holder is formed;Fig. 2, a similar view of the reverse side of the blank, showing the iapfolded to form the pocket; and Fig. 3, a side elevation showing theholder completed.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout all the views.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a blank of the shape necessaryto produce my improved holder, and o. the line on which the flap B ofsaid blank is to be'folded in order to produce a pocket to receive aticket or tickets, to accomplish which said flap is folded on the line aover onto and pasted along its margins b and c to the main or bodyportion of the blank, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The body ofthe blank is first folded along the line d onto itself and then foldedalong the line eto complete the holder, as shown in Fig. 3, and thusproduce a rectangular folder of convenientsize and shape to bereadilyin- Serial No. 13,932. (No model.)

serted in the pocket or in a pocketbook by the user.

On one of the spaces of the blank is printed a diagram of the seats ofthe orchestra and on another the balcony-seats of the theater ordiagrams of such other parts of the house in which reserved seats areusually sold, said diagrams to have printed thereon the lettersdesignating the rows of seats and the seat, numbers, so that thepurchaser may readily find or locate the seats the tickets call for.Also on one or more of the spaces of the blank is printed the program ofthe performance or entertainment and on others advertising or otherprinted matter.

If the holder is used by railways or other transportation companies, amap of the route of said companies and time-tables or other matter ofinformation or entertainment may be printed thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A ticket-holder consisting of a blank having a flap at one cornerthereof adapted to be folded but once over onto and pasted along merelytwo of its marginal edges to said blank to form an open-ended pocket andsaid blank being folded on itself, so as to leave the pocket-openinguncovered, to a rectangular shape corresponding to the pocket.

2. A ticket-holder consisting of a blank having a iiap at one cornerthereof adapted to be folded but once over onto said blank and pastedthereto along merely two of its marginal edges to form an open-endedpocket, and said blank containing spaces for theater diagrams, programs,and advertising matter, and foldable to a rectangular shapecorresponding to the pocket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE I-IAUSER.

Witnesses:

HUGH M. STERLING, ED. J. REDMoND.

